Godinger Silver and Pomegranates

Vintage looks better when it looks well, vintage. I got this Godinger silver plate platter at the thrift store and I don't think it was ever used. It looks too shiny for me, but I know in just a month or two if left out it will start to tarnish beautifully. Plump red grapes, juicy blackberries and tart pomegranate seeds look sassy on the tray. The tray is a bit gawdy for me, but when it's filled up properly it looks just right! The last photo is a new modern tray from Godinger. Wouldn't this leaf handled hammered tray look great on a wall? On another note, I read that one of Godinger's best selling items is their flatware called "Old Country Roses" which was designed to go with Royal Albert's Old Country Roses China.

White Chocolate Divine

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These delicious peppermint white chocolate "melts" were so rich and creamy. I wondered how could I photograph these to show how delicious they were? (I only had two.) The white roses were the best pick. Right in the center and as velvety as the rose petals. A rose pedestal!

Breakfast at Mac 24-7 Waikiki Hawaii

Someone suggested we eat breakfast at this sleek, modern, minimalist restaurant called
Mac 24-7 located in the lobby of the Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel. It is a very clean, stylish restaurant with great service. After being in restaurants where the walls are covered with trinkets,etc. this one was refreshing. We were impressed before we ordered.

Sometimes menus are worded in such a way that you are disappointed when you get your plate, but not so here! Can you believe these pancakes with macadamia nuts, pineapple and banana? For a moment I thought we were in Texas where things are bigger, or so they say. (Maybe just the stories are bigger?) The pancake order came with 3 pancakes that each measured 1 1/2-inches by 14-inches! Pancake pies. One order of these could have fed all of us.

We also ordered the candied pecan french toast which was delicious and the serving size fit more one's eating capacity.

The breakfast fruit plate was beautiful and each morsel at it's peak ripeness! Yay!

It doesn't matter what time of day or night you are hungry. Mac 24-7 is true to it's name and is open around the clock. Which ever clock you are on. We were still on east coast time which is 6 hours ahead of Hawaii so we were the early birds every morning wherever we went.